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Objective Laboratory analysis results may provide an opportunity to predict the activity process of recurrent aphthous stomatitis. The goal of this study was to investigate whether there is a correlation between C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) and oral ulcer activity in patients with
Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can significantly complicate and worsen the condition of acute severe ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. We aimed to explore the predictive risk factors to prevent and identify CMV infection at
OBJECTIVE
To determine the soluble thrombomodulin (TM) level in the sera of patients with systemic rheumatic diseases and to analyze its relationship with clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
METHODS
Serum levels of TM were measured by an
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The aim of this study was to assess the impact of sex on long-term outcomes in patients with lupus nephritis (LN).
METHODS
Data of patients were collected at a single tertiary hospital from June 2010 to June 2016. Clinicopathological features and treatment responses of LN patients with
The objective of this study is to describe the nutritional status of adult and elderly patients with American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL). It was conducted a longitudinal study in 68 adult and elderly patients with ATL treating at the Surveillance Leishmaniasis Laboratory at the Evandro Chagas
A 32-year-old woman presented with fever and swelling in the axillae of 2 months' duration, and erythema of the face, fluid-filled lesions on the trunk, oral ulcers, crusting of the lips, and redness and watering of the eyes for 3 days. The patient was initially diagnosed with tuberculous
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the expressions of Interleukin-17A receptor (IL-17AR) on the peripheral blood B lymphocytes of SLE patients and to analyze the correlations between IL-17AR and clinical parameters.
METHODS
Expression of IL-17AR on peripheral blood CD19(+);B lymphocytes were analyzed in 60
Esophageal variceal ulcers have been held responsible for most postsclerotherapy complaints. To investigate a possible relation between these ulcers and symptoms, we followed for 4 weeks 40 patients with portal hypertension who had received a single course of intravariceal sclerotherapy. All 40
Chronic graft-vs.-host disease (cGVHD) is a complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT). Oral cGVHD is manifested by mucosal, salivary, and/or sclerotic changes that have been linked to pain and poor quality of life. Our aim was to describe the demographic,
Since the sexual dimorphism of gastroduodenal ulcers is well known and might possibly relate to the actions of sex hormones, we studied the role of the female sex steroids, progesterone and 17beta-estradiol in cysteamine-induced mucosal ulcers in female Wistar rats (200-220 g). Administration of
A 47 year-old man with selective IgA deficiency (SIgAD) consulted us in November 1981, with complaints of leg edema and common cold-like symptoms and was diagnosed as SIgAD based on data of his serum protein (IgG 2,160 mg/dl, IgM 65 mg/dl, no detectable IgA). Later in July 1989, he was admitted with
BACKGROUND
This study examined the characteristics and trends in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among children in Singapore.
METHODS
We retrospectively reviewed all patients under 18 years diagnosed with IBD over a 14-year period. Information on demographics, disease presentation,
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic immunologic disorder that may affect multiple organ systems and present with myriad of clinical features. Gastro-intestinal (GI) manifestations are oral ulcers, dysphagia and abdominal pain caused by autoimmune peritonitis/intestinal vasculitis.
We report a 67-yr-old woman with hepatitis C-related liver cirrhosis and hepatoma who had developed severe bone marrow suppression after taking Cantharanthus roseus as an alternative anticancer treatment. The patient developed severe pancytopenia with initial presentations of vomiting, diarrhea,
A 58-year-old female was referred to our department with intermittent suffocation for 1.5 years, aggravated for a month. 1.5 years before she developed oral ulcer, raynaud phenomenon, proteinuria, bilateral pleural effusion, ANA and anti-dsDNA positive. This patient was diagnosed with systemic lupus